The Council of the City of Harrisburg deems it to be in the
interest of the citizens of the City to provide for the establishment
of a residential parking permit program to ensure primary access to
available parking space by neighborhood residents as well as to provide
for a cleaner ambient air level. The powers and duties as contained
in this chapter shall be performed by an Administrator who shall be
designated by the Mayor (hereinafter "Administrator") and are enacted
for the maintenance of the public health and welfare of the citizens
of the City. The Administrator may be a person, bureau or other legal
entity.

The Administrator is hereby authorized to designate, subject to approval
by Council as hereinafter provided, public highways and other areas
within the City on which the parking of vehicles may be restricted
on weekdays, excepting holidays, in whole or in part, unless otherwise
indicated, to vehicles bearing a valid parking permit issued pursuant
to this chapter. This authority shall be in addition to and may be
exercised in conjunction with any other authority to regulate the
times and conditions of motor vehicle parking.

A person who owns or leases real property within a residential
area of which he or she is not a resident and who owns or manages
a business enterprise or professional office at that address. For
purposes of this chapter, a proprietor shall be entitled to one parking
permit for such business or professional office address.

A contiguous area containing public highways or parts thereof
primarily abutted by residential property or residential and related
non-business property such as schools, parks, churches, hospitals,
and nursing homes.

During any period between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.,
weekdays except holidays, the number of vehicles parked or standing,
legally or illegally, on the streets in the area is equal to 70% or
more of the legal on-street parking capacity of the area. For purpose
of this criterion, a legal parking space shall be 20 linear feet;
or

During the same period as in Subsection A(1) above, 10% or more of the vehicles parked (or standing) on the streets in the area are not registered in the name of a person residing in this area. For purposes of this criterion, the Administrator shall undertake such surveys as said Administrator deems necessary to satisfy the eligibility requirements as stated herein.

In order to determine whether a particular street, avenue or other location should be designated as a residential permit parking area or to determine whether to remove such designation, the Administrator may conduct, upon his or her own initiative or upon a petition of a majority of the households in such area addressed to the Administrator or Council, a public forum prior to the designation of a parking permit area or prior to the withdrawal of such designation once it is established. Such forum shall be held only after due notice has been published in a newspaper of general circulation. The notice shall clearly state the purpose of the forum, the exact location and boundaries of the residential permit parking area under consideration and the reasons why such area is being proposed for designation or removal as a residential permit parking area. During such forum any interested person shall be entitled to appear and be heard. No forum shall be held and no area designated if it is not found to be an impacted area under Subsection A hereof.

Within 30 days following the close of the public forum, the Administrator
shall recommend by report to Council, based on the record of such
forum, whether to designate the area under consideration as a residential
permit parking area or to remove the designation in the case of an
established residential permit parking area.

Following Council approval of the designation of a residential
permit parking area, the Administrator shall issue appropriate permits
and shall cause parking signs to be erected in the area, indicating
the times, locations, and conditions under which parking shall be
by permit only. A permit shall be issued, upon application and payment
of the applicable fee, only to the owner or the operator of a motor
vehicle who resides on or is a proprietor of property immediately
adjacent to a street, avenue, or other location within the residential
permit parking area. A separate permit shall be required for each
motor vehicle.

The application for a permit shall contain the name of the owner
or operator of the motor vehicle, the resident's or proprietor's
address, the motor vehicle's make, model and registration number,
and the number of the applicant's operator permit. The motor
vehicle's registration and operator's license may, in the
discretion of the Administrator, be required to be presented at the
time of making said application in order to verify the contents thereof.
The permit shall be renewed annually. The permit shall display the
motor vehicle's serial number, license number, zone number and
expiration date.

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the
holder of a residential parking permit shall be permitted to stand
or park a motor vehicle operated by him or her in any designated residential
parking area during such times as the parking of motor vehicles therein
is permitted. While a vehicle for which a residential parking permit
has been issued is so parked, such permit shall be displayed so as
to be clearly visible through the windshield of the vehicle. A residential
parking permit shall not guarantee or reserve to the holder of a permit
a parking space within a designated residential permit parking area.

A residential parking permit shall not authorize the holder thereof
to stand or park a motor vehicle in such places or during such times
as the stopping, standing, or parking of motor vehicles is prohibited
or set aside for specified types of vehicles, nor exempt the holder
from the observance of any traffic regulation other than residential
permit parking restriction; provided, however that a holder of a current
residential parking permit shall be permitted to park at no cost to
the holder of the permit between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and between
3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. at any meter within the residential parking
permit zone for which the holder’s permit was issued. No parking
ticket shall be issued to the owner of an automobile parked at a meter
within a residential parking permit zone between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00
a.m. and between 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. if a current residential
parking permit for the applicable zone is displayed in the vehicle’s
windshield. Additionally, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00
p.m., a permit holder may park at a meter space beyond the posted
time limit without being in violation of § 3-133.14 so long
as additional coins are deposited in the meter to keep it from expiring.

No person other than the permittee named thereon shall use a residential
parking permit or display it on a vehicle operated or parked, and
any such use or display by a person other than the permittee shall
constitute a violation of this chapter by the permittee and by the
person who so used or displayed such parking permit.

It shall constitute a violation of this chapter for any person to
falsely represent himself or herself as eligible for a residential
parking permit or to furnish any false information in an application
to the Administrator in order to obtain a residential parking permit.

The Administrator is authorized to revoke the residential parking
permit of any permittee found to be in violation of this chapter,
and, upon written notification thereof, the permit holder shall surrender
such permit to the Administrator. The permit holder's failure,
when requested, to surrender a residential parking permit shall constitute
a violation of this chapter.

The annual residential parking fee shall be $30 for a new residential
customer's first annual parking permit and a renewal charge of $25
for each additional year. However, the annual fee shall be prorated
so that permittees who apply for a permit after the eighth month of
the permit year shall pay only $10 for such permit.

The Administrator is authorized to make provisions for the issuance
of temporary parking permits to bona fide visitors of residents of
a designated residential parking area and for the issuance of exemption
parking permits to handicapped persons.

The Administrator shall adopt rules and regulations necessary for
the administration of this residential parking permit program. These
rules and regulations shall be subject to approval by City Council
prior to being effective.

The Administrator is authorized upon petition of the majority of
the households in any such area, or upon his or her own initiative,
to adjust the hours of residential parking in a residential permit
parking zone upon a case-by-case review of the relevant conditions
prevailing and to transmit notice of such changes to the Traffic Engineer
for appropriate action; provided, however, that the Administrator
may not extend the restricted hours earlier than 8:00 a.m. or later
than 5:00 p.m.

Chapter 3-139 shall be deemed to authorize and empower authorized
agents of the City to enforce parking regulations consistent with
this chapter and the Traffic Code, in accordance with such provisions
or as otherwise authorized by law.

Any duly authorized employee of the City under the direction of the
Mayor or Chief of Police shall notify such person of the unlawful
parking charge by placing a written notice or ticket under the windshield
wiper, or in some conspicuous place on such vehicle, indicating the
time of the violation, the amount of the unlawful parking charge,
that such charge shall not be more than $15 and shall be paid to the
City, and the place where such payment shall be made and the manner
of payment. The unlawful parking charge shall be paid to the City
not later than 10 days after the date of the violation, and the notice
or ticket placed on the vehicle at the time of the violation shall
advise the owner or operator of such vehicle that, unless the unlawful
parking charge is paid within the time limits herein specified, the
fine payable upon conviction of such unlawful parking and failure
to pay such charge shall be $15 and costs and, in default of payment
thereof, imprisonment for not more than 10 days.